Namibia commemorates International Day of Human Rights
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Today marks 75 years since the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.
Today marks 75 years since the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.
40 young mothers from Windhoek's Katutura residential area are looking ahead to starting their own small businesses after graduating from a skills development and empowerment programme.
Hundreds of senior people in the Donkerhoek, Katutura, have been identified by Round Table Namibia, a nonprofit organisation that focuses on community-based projects to improve the lives of communities, as beneficiaries of their programme.
The residents of Katutura in Windhoek are protesting against the appointment of a debt collector, Red Force, fearing that their services will be terminated for non-payment.
They have also appealed to the City of Windhoek to write off their debts.
Senior Citizens of the Moses ||Garoeb Constituency in Katutura were treated to a day filled with appreciation and pampering.
It was a hive of activity at the Max Mutongolume Community Hall in Havana as the elderly witnessed a tree-planting demonstration.
Some corporate companies took up the responsibility of organising a cleaning-up campaign in Windhoek's Katutura suburb.
Employees from the diamond industry exchanged their usual working tools such as rakes, spades and wheelbarrows all in an effort to keep Katutura clean.
Nine wrestlers from the After School Wrestling Club in Grysblok, Katutura brought home a total of 13 medals, with 5 of them gold - following their participation at the Frank Joubert Open in South Africa over the weekend.
The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) recorded four robberies in Windhoek’s Katutura residential area last week.
According to a NamPol crime report issued on Sunday, a 22-year-old female Chinese national was allegedly robbed at Single Quarters in Vicky Ipinge Street around 10h00 on Tuesday.
The body of five-year-old Dantanie Eiseb, who was brutally murdered and buried in a shallow grave allegedly by his stepfather in Walvis Bay arrived in Windhoek today.
A somber community and family members gathered in Katutura to show support, bid farewell, and condemn the violent act.
A man who died after he was hit by a car on the Western Bypass, close to the Hosiana church in Katutura, at the start of September has still not been identified.